Tornador Cleaning Tool

[SRHTX]

Hey Everyone,

I would like to see how many of you have, and use, the Tornador? I just ordered one today. From what I can tell, it will help save a butt load of interior detailing time. Does it really clean the steering wheel more quickly that anything else?

Please let me know what you use the Tornador on. Feed back please


Stephen

 

[vwgtivw]

I would like some more info too. As I do a lot of used car details and the interior (dash,console and door panels) is always trashed.

 

[sullysdetailing]

I would love some more info on this product to. I use Griot Interior Cleaner now. It works great. But anything that save me time is a plus.

 

[ryandamartini]

I had one when I worked for this guy here in tallahassee. We had the interior one, and it was spiffy as hell. Mix in some meguiars APC+ and the way it cleans out cracks and it really gets into the vinyl.

Good Stuff!

 

[DonMTV]

These were on VIP recently. I didn't really know what they were. Then I saw a video on it and it looked quite interesting. Love to see more info from people who use it.

 

[SRHTX]

I had one when I worked for this guy here in tallahassee. We had the interior one, and it was spiffy as hell. Mix in some meguiars APC+ and the way it cleans out cracks and it really gets into the vinyl.

Good Stuff!

Ryan,

How much Meguiars did you add to the water? I know you do not want to add much to the mixture since the APC is strong and can mess things up easily, correct?

 

[acc1079]

Ryan,

How much Meguiars did you add to the water? I know you do not want to add much to the mixture since the APC is strong and can mess things up easily, correct?

On interior stuff, the recommended dilution is 10:1, which is what I use. It is safe, but has very good cleaning power still.

 

[SRHTX]

On interior stuff, the recommended dilution is 10:1, which is what I use. It is safe, but has very good cleaning power still.

Thanks. I just know you have to let it go on AND remove it quicky.

 

[ricks778]

I just saw a video of this and I must say it does look very interesting. Has anybody used it on an engine compartment? :autowash:

 

[SRHTX]

Well, I'm going to look for a video on the Tornador Foam Gun. I've seen a few of them but, would like to see more. I do not know how well the Foam Gun would work here in Deep South Texas since it's always hot, humid and a vast amount of the time, dry.

I feel having BOTH Tornadors would rock. :dblthumb2:

Now, time to find some more videos on Tornador Foam Gun.

 

[Frank787]

I purchased the Tornador Foam Gun used and then converted it over to the Tornador Car Cleaning gun. It's really easy to do and if anybody wants I can write up how to do it. I took pictures as I converted just in case. Parts were around $40 and easy to swap back and forth.

The Foam version creates a very dry foam that seems to be better suited to interior work (IMO) than on the paint. I prefer the Gilmour foam gun for washing due to how much water is mixed into the soap. If you decide to use the Tornador Foam Gun on paint I would say you MUST rinse the car well first then add the foam.

initially I was not very impressed with the Tornador Car Cleaning gun until I was working on a car that had hit a skunk and reeked. I found that using it on the door panels was fantastic. I am not convinced that I would buy either version again.

It's hard to see in the videos but there isn't nearly as much liquid being put out as you would think. I would say imagine a fine mist rather than say a full squirt from a spray bottle and you would have an idea of volume.

 

[Chris27182]

I purchased the Tornador Foam Gun used and then converted it over to the Tornador Car Cleaning gun. It's really easy to do and if anybody wants I can write up how to do it. I took pictures as I converted just in case. Parts were around $40 and easy to swap back and forth.

The Foam version creates a very dry foam that seems to be better suited to interior work (IMO) than on the paint. I prefer the Gilmour foam gun for washing due to how much water is mixed into the soap. If you decide to use the Tornador Foam Gun on paint I would say you MUST rinse the car well first then add the foam.

initially I was not very impressed with the Tornador Car Cleaning gun until I was working on a car that had hit a skunk and reeked. I found that using it on the door panels was fantastic. I am not convinced that I would buy either version again.

It's hard to see in the videos but there isn't nearly as much liquid being put out as you would think. I would say imagine a fine mist rather than say a full squirt from a spray bottle and you would have an idea of volume.

:iagree: I had the same problem with the Foam Gun, its not a good tool for doing the outside since it is a dry foam and it was useless to me for the inside cause I use a carpet extractor I sold it a month ago. The Interior one looked interesting but it seem like a product I could live without.

 

[ryandamartini]

Ryan,

How much Meguiars did you add to the water? I know you do not want to add much to the mixture since the APC is strong and can mess things up easily, correct?

THe exact mixture eludes me at the moment, but usually it was very low. 10-11+:1 Regardless when using it, I always wore a mask. It is a cool product and just leaves a look to vinyl that is nice. It really comes through in blasting out cracks. It is also nice for treating carpets to use the extractor on as well if you want a nice even spread of apc on the carpets.

 

[alexjn1]

I have one and love it.

I do not use it all the time when I am simply doing a quick clean inside my truck.

It really shines on nooks and crannies however and I have no regrets buying it. I use Megs APC 10:1 ratio.

 

[SRHTX]

:wow: My bad. I forgot that I posted this question. lol


Well, my friends body shop contacted me today since they have a client who wants the interior detailed on his Ford Ranger. They wanted me to go by the body shop today and I advised them that I was not able to go since the doc said NO DRIVING ANY VEHICLES TODAY since he had to put me to sleep for about an hour to check on my Trach to find out what is causing problems to swallow heavy food. Al he could do, while I was night night, was streach it out some.


Anyways, that was WAY fftopic:. I will pick up the Ranger early tomorrow morning. Take pics of the interior BEFORE and AFTER when the job is done. I just hope the interior does not look too bad. lol

I will keep ya posted with pics. :hungry: wish I could eat. ugh

 

[Harleyguy]

:wow: My bad. I forgot that I posted this question. lol


Well, my friends body shop contacted me today since they have a client who wants the interior detailed on his Ford Ranger. They wanted me to go by the body shop today and I advised them that I was not able to go since the doc said NO DRIVING ANY VEHICLES TODAY since he had to put me to sleep for about an hour to check on my Trach to find out what is causing problems to swallow heavy food. Al he could do, while I was night night, was streach it out some.


Anyways, that was WAY fftopic:. I will pick up the Ranger early tomorrow morning. Take pics of the interior BEFORE and AFTER when the job is done. I just hope the interior does not look too bad. lol

I will keep ya posted with pics. :hungry: wish I could eat. ugh

Man that sucks that you can't swallow .Do they have any idea how that happened or what causes that i never heard of that.I guess only thing you can do is drink some high protein drinks to keep up you strength.Feel better and don't work to hard :xyxthumbs:

 

[SRHTX]

Man that sucks that you can't swallow .Do they have any idea how that happened or what causes that i never heard of that.I guess only thing you can do is drink some high protein drinks to keep up you strength.Feel better and don't work to hard :xyxthumbs:

I got one of those wonderful things when I have a fender bender back in 2001. I guess that is what they give a person when they are in a coma for three weeks. I did not have the issue, with the Trach, when I was living in Houston or San Antonio. When I moved down here to Deep South Texas, BINGO. I just have to watch how I eat AND how I sit when I eat all meals.

 

[SRHTX]

Well,

I worked on that 1998 Ford Ranger w/ over 130k miles on it. The owner must love coffee too much. LOL I was able to get a vast amout of the coffee stains out of the vehicle using ONLY the Tornador. Advised the owner that the seats and carpet must be taken out in order for all of the carpet stains to be removed from the truck.

Please, do NOT get me wrong on this. The Tornador is an AWSOME TOOL. :dblthumb2: If there is this much coffee stains in any vehicle, the Tornador will not remove it all out. It could but, once the Tornador is pulling out more and more coffee, the coffee goes everywhere inside YOU and the vehicle. All I used to clean the interior was Megs APC+ AND Optimum Leather Protectant.

Here are before pictures of the Ranger:

 

[SRHTX]

Well, the body shop just contacted me and advised me the owner loved how the Ranger look. :dblthumb2: They advised him that it did not come out 100% clean due to all the coffee inside his truck and he agreed. They also advised him the rest of the coffee can come out if/when the seats and carpet are removed from inside. Also, if I had my steamer, I would have tried it on the carpets. My steamer does not arrive here until this evening. rops:

Here are the AFTER pictures of the Ranger: